and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible po
ukraine, but at the same time try to present an escalation of this conflict becoming a war between russia and nato. this is a principle we will always stick to. this also goes for the latest decision that german government has made. we will provide battle tanks for ukraine. this is the result of intent consultation with our allies and partners. i want to stress that it is right that we didn t allow anybody to pressure us, but that instead we replied on this close cooperation on their special issue and we will continue to do so. the united states are also sending 31 abrams tanks. that s a very good day for ukraine and for president zelenskyy who has been asking day after day really for the west to send battle tanks to ukraine to help with the war effort there and a
ukraine will also now face a massive logistics challenge, providing fuel and spare parts for different fleets of tanks. it s also still significantly outnumbered by russian armour. modern main battle tanks alone will not win this war, but combined together with other western supplied weapons, they could be enough to punch a hole in russian defences. russia says it is a dangerous escalation. jonathan beale, bbc news. speaking at the bundestag, german chancellor olaf scholz asked his mps to trust him and understand that his decision making will not be swayed by public pressure. and that s why we have to make very clear that we are doing everything necessary and possible to support
plate. if we re going to do it, then you need to do it as well. it is a significant escalation, ben. these are effectively, with these tanks from here in the tanks from europe and the other forms of tanks that are being supplied, 270 choose, you re looking at three battalions of tanks plus hundreds of armoured personnel carriers and fighting vehicles being injected straight into the ukrainian arsenal. that will allow them to fight much more effectively in open territory and of course with that much expected offensive from the russians they want to get their hands on some of these vehicles as soon as possible. nato becoming ever more deeply embroiled in this war. and joe biden was at pains to stress, because moscow has said all of this is a provider patient, joe biden very keenly stressed to the user weapons to defend and protect ukraine he
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